Re: protocol for wifi smart switches and outlets?

[Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat <forums@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 09:36:56 -0700, Joe Pfeiffer
> <pfeiffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>While I've been waiting to see whether Zigbee or Zwave was going to be
>>the future of home automation, wifi-enabled outlets and switches have
>>quietly been getting popular.  But...  I haven't been able to find any
>>information about just what protocol they use.  So...  does anyone know?
>
> TCP/IP, HTTP, XML, and SOAP
>
> My Wemos seem much more complex than necessary.  An on command to a
> switch is a big long string of XML looking stuff that has an ASCII 1
> in the middle.  The off command uses the identical big long string but
> with a zero instead of the 1.

Anything standard built on top of the last three, or is it ad hoc from
there?